KUCHING, Feb. 25 -- The Federation of Chinese Associations of Kuching, Samarahan and Serian Divisions tonight urged the Sarawak government to invite top-ranked Chinese universities to set up branch campuses in the state.

Its president, Datuk Richard Wee Liang Chiat, said the federation was reliably informed that Shanghai Fudan University, a top five university in China, has been approached about setting up a campus in Malaysia.

He noted that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has invited Tsinghua University to set up a branch campus in Malaysia while Xiamen University was the first Chinese university to establish an international branch campus in Sepang, Selangor, in 2016.

"A branch campus of a top Chinese university in Sarawak wi...